Ebola outbreaks killing thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees
...er of the world gorilla population. "It means that vaccinating one gorilla does not protect only that gorilla, it...otecting remaining ape populations may not require vaccinating a high proportion of individuals, as many people naively assume." Walsh and collaborators are curren...Jefferson scientists find rabies-based vaccine could be effective against HIV
...rry HIV-related proteins into animals, in essence, vaccinating them against an AIDS-like disease. The early evidence shows that the vaccine which doesnt protect against infection prevents development of disease. Reporting April 1, 2007 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the scientists showed that two ye......educate the immune system), thereby increasing the vaccinating effect of the virus and perhaps improving the efficacy of oncolytic virus therapy. "The apparent dual mechanism of action for oncolytic viruses will need to be tested further, both in patients and in the laboratory. If the effects turn out to be ge...Human trial results show excellent safety data, from Geovax's DNA/MVA AIDS vaccines
...ase ("AIDS") caused by the virus known as HIV-1 by vaccinating individuals prior to infection with the AIDS virus. Early results from GeoVax's preventative HIV/AIDS vaccine human trials: Demonstrate a very acceptable safety profile in an ongoing 1/10th dose trial begun in April, 2006 ndicate that as lo...PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative announces partnership to develop novel malaria vaccine
... technology is safe, protective, and practical for vaccinating infants and children in Africa....Flu shot effective against drifted influenza, nasal spray vaccine less so
...ted against flu. The study's authors conclude that vaccinating children had some protective effect on the childre...udy participants vaccinated in Fall 2005 , without vaccinating them this year, to see whether the shot or the spray offer long-term protection....Vaccination with embryonic stem cells prevents lung cancer in mice
...ublic: Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells transplanted into them after the vaccination or that had been exposed to cancer-causing chemicals. The findings suggest that it could be possible to d...HIV exploits competition among T cells
...system evolution, also suggests a new strategy for vaccinating against the virus a strategy that the computer simulations suggest may prevent the final onset of AIDS. The research, which is slated for publication in Physical Review Letters, is available online at http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio.PE/0610018 . "Comp...USGS at The Wildlife Society: From sea-ice change to contaminants to predators and prey
...e a partial management solution to this problem in vaccinating both black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs against plague. A plague vaccine for prairie dogs that can be delivered via oral baits has been shown to be efficacious in laboratory experiments and may provide a better method of managing the disease for b...Vaccine shown effective against chancroid
..." of infection, Elkins said. A vaccine strategy of vaccinating female sex workers against chancroid could shut down the cycle of infection, eliminating the disease of not only sex workers but their sexual partners. And evidence suggests that eliminating chancroid throughout Africa could help reduce the transmis...Edinburgh vet's bid to cut deaths from rabies in Africa
...ing, or they simply can't afford the treatment. By vaccinating the dogs, we can work towards eliminating the disease." As part of the process, Dr Cleaveland and her team will investigate if the dogs are the only source of the disease. "We believe that dogs act as a 'reservoir' for the disease, and although wild......venting the reinfection of the human population by vaccinating pigs," he says....Study in Royal Society journal on world's only horned rodent
...95-1606, USA Dynamic games with imitation predict vaccinating behaviour by Dr C.T. Bauch (rspb.2005.3153) The literature on vaccine scares generally focuses on individual perception of vaccine risks. However parents also take into account the current level of disease prevalence in the population, and the opin...UCI awarded $40 million to establish regional biodefense and infectious disease research center
...sease, and he recently led a team that showed that vaccinating wild mice in the field could indirectly lower the risk for humans of getting infected. The UCI-based center and one based at Colorado State University received funding by the NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health, to complete the regional ...Hopeful results from interrupted Alzheimer's vaccine study
...g antibodies. Gilman explains that the concept of vaccinating against beta amyloid was first proposed by scientist Dale Schenk. In the late 1990s, Schenk and his colleagues showed that vaccination from birth could prevent mental decline in mice that had been bred to develop Alzheimer's-like disease. They and ot...In wake of Lyme disease vaccine for people, mice may be next in line for shots
...d the experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccinating mice. The research explores reducing the number...d ticks that transmit the Lyme disease pathogen by vaccinating mice in the forest, thus placing fewer people at risk. The study also paints a more accurate and su...Vaccinating wildlife can reduce human risk for Lyme disease
...ws that Lyme disease in humans can be prevented by vaccinating wildlife, researchers in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In a four-year study of isolated woodlands near New Haven, nearly 1,000 white-footed ...Computer models to simulate hypothetical outbreak of avian flu
...what would happen if we take certain actions, like vaccinating specific groups, using antiviral medications, restricting travel or implementing other public health measures," said Irene Eckstrand, Ph.D., MIDAS program officer at NIGMS. "Computer models let us envisage the impact of these decisions in a variety o...